Hawaii Senate Bill 3068 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-27 - Referred to AGL/HTH, JDL.
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires commercial agricultural entities to publicly post signs in areas where pesticides are to be applied; disclose pesticide information upon request of any individual who occupies a property within five miles of the property to be treated; and provide annual reports to the department of agriculture that shall be posted on the department's website. Prohibits a commercial agricultural entity from using pesticides within five hundred feet of any school, child care institution, nursing facility, hospital, psychiatric hospital, residential property, public roadway, perennial water, wetland adjacent to perennial water, tributaries of perennial water, watershed, or shoreline. Creates a private right of action for violations of state pesticide law.

Pesticides; Buffer Zones; Disclosure Requirements

Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]
Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]	Sen. David Ige [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-27	Senate	Referred to AGL/HTH, JDL.
2014-01-27	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2014-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3068&year=2014
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2014/Bills/SB3068_.HTM